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F. H. G. MORSE.

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sTA'rEs PATENT orrroE.

, FRANK-H. e. monsn; or CAMBRIDGE, nAssAcnUsErrs.

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Be it known that If, FRANK 6:..Mons'n, a citizen ofthe United States, and who resides at the city of Cambridge 'h/la-ssaehu- ,setts, have invented a certain-ntw and use-- in Boxes, of .WhiChftllQ fol-- ful Improvement lowing is a specification.

My'invention relates to boxes and it has for its object to produce a box that may be tightly closed and yet one that may be easily opened. a V

It'more particularly relates to the opening means of. such boxes. I Boxes that are used to contain ingredients which are volatile necessitate that the covers-be tightly closed orsealed thereon but it is found 'to be .very diflicult to open Boxes for containing" polish.

are especially. designed tb tightly seal the contents when the covers are forced down upon the boxes. .The covers are provlded with a flange and the boxes are provided with sealing surfaces which are slightly conical and spring the flanges of the covers when the covers are pressed down on the boxes. This tightly closes and seals the boxes and on the other hand it is quite difficult to open the covers. Furthermore such boxes are often enameled and the enamel not only tends to seal the boxes but also prevents the boxes being easily opened. 'I have provided a means whereby polish boxes and all other boxes that are covered and closed inv substantially the same way may be tightly oiQSGd' and may be. easily opened.

The invention further consists in providing the covers of. the boxes with a right angular flaring portion located V 'edge of the flange and below. the sealing around the p the cover where it comes in contact .with the surface of the box and a means whereby pressure may be brought to bear against the cover to open the box.

' The invention further consists in providportion of ing an openingin thesaid flaring portion which has'an edge opposed to a bead located on the body of the box. An instrument may be inserted in thelsaid opening and the box opened.

k The invention further consists in providing slanting ends to the said opening in 'order that the box may be opened hydra-wing the instrument around the box and between the edge of the opening and edge of the flange and the beading of the box.

The invention consists in other features Specification ofLetters Patent.

the following description.

In'the drawings Figure 1 illustrates 'a side view of the cover of the box. 2

illustrates a side view-of thebody of the- Patent'edJan'. 2,1912. Application filed November 23, 1909. Serial no. 529.592.

- illustrated in the drawing and star in box.' Fig. 3illustrates the box andon'e of the methods used in opening the box and Fig. 4: illustrates another method of opening the box. Fig. 5 shows the turned-in edge. I Referring to Fig. 1, 1 is the cover having a flange 2 which is adapted to close upon the contact surface 3 of the body of the box shown in Fig. 2, when the coveriis pressed, down upon the body of the box. at is a right angular flaring portion which extends'outward from the flange 2 of the 'cover, 5 is a portion of the cover of the box which extends at right angles to the said flaring portion 4 and downward, that is, away from the top of the cover of the box.

The body 'of the box shown 1nFig. 2 is slightly conical and has a. rounded surface.

provided with a contact surface 3 w hich"is This portion of the box is adapted to'spring h the flange of the cover when the cover is forced upon the body of "the box and'tends to make the flange to conform.,to the shape of this portion of the body of thebox which tightly seals, the box. The flaringportio'n 4c and theskirt 5 operate to compressjthe flange 2 against the conicalsurfaceii' inasmuch as the said-portions tend to preyent the flange 2 from spreading; This brings the contact surface 3 tightly against the v flange 2, the said portions L and 'ope'r at-ing to compress the flang at fa point below the contact surface 3. Justbelowjthecontact surface there is a beading '6 having a flat top 7 which extends outward froin'the bo'dy ofthe box. Its edge 8 meets'the edge 99f the skirt 5 of the cover 1, so that the edge 9 rests'along the edge 8 and on top of thejbea'd 7, when the cover is forced upon the box.

The bead 7 has a roundedfsurface lofwhich extends rom the edge 8 to the .b'o'dyiof' the box and underneath the bead. Thisrounded surface gives considerable resistance strength to the bead 6;so' ithat when.

instrument is used forpryingo'lf the cover the rounded portion 10 or the, bead pr eyejnts bending of the head (i and ft'lrthermore supports the flat surface. It produces 'an jeflicient fulcrum against which an instrumentmay operate while the cover is being removed. It also supports the edge 8 of the bead where the greatest pressure is brought to bear.

' The box may be opened if it is desired by merely inserting a sharp instrument in between the edge 9 of the skirt 5 and the edge 8 of the bead 6 substantially in the same way that an oyster is opened andthe instrument may then be used as a lever to further open the box. The knife or sharp inthe opening of the cover.

strument is forced into'the crack formed between the skirt of the flange and the top' of the bead and then twisted or turned to start The skirt 5 is provided with an opening 'l l as shown in Fig. '3. The opening 11 is. located a short distance belowthe flaring portion 4, that is its upper edge is located near thetop of the skirt 5', portion 17' being turned back. This leaves the edge 12 turned substantially parallel to the sideofthe box and at right angles to the top 7 of the head 6.- The opening is of sufficient length so that an instrument, such as a coin 16 may be inserted in the opening and turned as shown in Fig. 4. A knife or similar instrument may be inserted and turned so as to lever the cover ofl'. One portion of the instrument used Will'press against the edge 12 of the skirtor a point thereonand the other portion will pressagainst the edge 8 of the bead 6 or .a -point thereon. This arrangement 7 produces two opposing edges which are exceedingly strong and able to withstand the 'pressure that is brought to bear and gives long life to the combination which permits;

frequent opening of'the box; The opening 11 moreover. is provided with slanting ends 13 a'ndl t which are also oppesed to thebead- 6 inasmuch as the said ends are located in the skirtf5. In order to start the opening of the box, especially if it has become sealed by reason of the sticking of the enamel, an instrument 15 may be inserted infithe. said opening and then drawn around the box and between the edge of the cover and the top of the bead. The instrument will wedge tightly between, the slanting edge of the opening and the flat top of the bead until the openingof the box at that point is started and as v skilled in the art. It may be used for opening boxes that are used for any purpose whatsoever and it may be adapted to the use of boxes which have different forms of cover and which are provided with fixed opposing portions in connection with which instruments may be used for fuloruming orwedging. the coverofi'. @I have describedand illus-v trated an embodiment of butone; form 'of 1. In a box and a cover, the combination of a' flange located on the 'cover, having a flaring portion, the said flange also having a downwardly] extending portion, the said flaring portion having an opening formed by pressing a part of the downwardly extending portion against the flaring portion, the said opening having 'r'ounded ends formed by portions of the metal extending inward at the'ends and facing the interior of the opening and sloping from theflaring portion to the edge of the flange and forming opposing surfaces to the bead which are adapted to easily direct an instrument in- Sorted in the opening and drawn between thetwo opposing surfaces to a point underne-ath the edge of the flange and along the rounded surface of the ends, a' bead located on the top of the box and having a portion bpposed to the-edge of the said flange and to ing whereby the box may be opened by inserting an instrument in the opening and drawing it around the box. K

2. In a box and cover-the combination of flaring portion extending substantially at right angles to the said flange and a second part of the said flaring portion extending substantially parallel 'to the said flange, the body of the box having a head, the said bead having a portion extending under and opposed to the edge of the said-right angular flaring portion, the said part of the flaring portion extending substantially parallel to the said flange having an opening, the said opening being bounded on its upper side by a return portion of the flange and at its ends by a sloping portion, the said ends having inwardly extending portions which slope from the return portion to the edge of the said flaring portion forming opposing su r. faces to the saidbead at the endsof the said opening whereby an instrument maybe in serted and easily started around the box and, between the edge of the cover and the head of the box.

'90 vthe rounded surface of the ends of the opena flange located on the cover having a right angular flaring portion, a part of the said IQO In testimony whereof I have signed my AUGUST N. Hnnnns'rnnr, 

